Trains from CT to NYC?

I want to take the train in to NYC from CT to visit some museums. Just a day trip. I’ll have 4 kids with me. Coming from central MA which train station should I consider and which train station should I get off at to visit the sites of upper Central Park?

For other areas in CT not served by MetroNorth you would have to check with Amtrak for their nearest station to you in CT. Amtrak goes to NY Penn Station (W33rd St between 7th & 8th Avenues.

If you will be arriving in NY at Penn Station - use the NYC Subway - Uptown C train for stations along Central Park West (American Museum of Natural History is at the 81st Station on the C train. If you just want to walk around the west side of Central Park take the uptown A or C to 59th St-Columbus Circle station. For the Museum of Modern Art (W53rd St between 5th & 6th Avenues take an uptown E train to 5th Avenue-53rd Street station (use stairs at back of the 5th Av-53rd St station to exit).

If you want the eastern side of Central Park (along 5th Avenue) - from Penn Station - take an uptown 1, 2 or 3 train one stop to Times Square. Transfer to an uptown N, R or W train if you want to go to the Central Park Zoo (5th Avenue station - exit at the 60th Street end) and enter the park around E61st Street & 5th Avenue.

If you want museums on the east side of Manhattan (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of the City of NY) from Penn Station take the uptown 1, 2, or 3 train to Times Square and then transfer to the 42nd Street Shuttle (S train) to Grand Central. At Grand Central transfer to the uptown 4, 5 or 6 train to 86th Street Station (for the Metropolitan Museum of Art or Guggenheim) or 10rd St (6 train only) for Museum of the City of NY.

Rather than trying to list all options since I can only guess whether you are coming in via Amtrak or MetroNorth, I have provided a link to the NYC Subway Map below.

Trains from MA or CT don't stop near upper Central Park. The option with the least walking on streets is to take a train to Penn Station and then take the A, C, or E, subway, which run along the west side of Central Park, and get off at whichever station is near where you want. Another option is to take a train to Grand Central, and then take the 4, 5, or 6 subway, which run along Lexington Avenue, several blocks east of the park, get off near where you want, and walk west to the park. Although I don't recommend it, the cheapest option is to take a Metro-North train that is going from CT to Grand Central, and get off at 125th Street, which is northeast of the park, but this is dangerous because the walk from 125th Street to the park goes through a high-crime neighborhood.

Your basic option is Amtrak. You can use their website to find the nearest station to you. http://www.amtrak.com

All of the Amtrak trains leave you at Penn Station in Manhattan. From there you can use the NYC subway to go uptown to Central Park. Which areas of upper Central Park would determine which subway line you would use. If you're thinking of the American Museum of Natural History, you can catch a subway train from Penn Station directly there.

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Trains from CT to NYC?

I want to take the train in to NYC from CT to visit some museums. Just a day trip. I’ll have 4 kids with me. Coming from central MA which train station should I consider and which train station should I get off at to visit the sites of upper Central Park?